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BEAUTY-DISFIGUREMENT (A) PHYSICAL BEAUTY(1) Examples of Gen 12:11; Gen 24:16; Gen 29:17; 1Sa 16:12; 1Sa 25:3; 2Sa 11:2; 2Sa 14:25 Est 1:11; Est 2:7; Job 42:15; Dan 1:15; Act 7:20 (2) Vanity of Psa 39:11; Psa 49:14; Pro 11:22; Pro 31:30; Isa 28:1 (3) The Beauties of Nature Psa 19:1; Ecc 3:11; Isa 35:1; Hos … Continue reading “BEAUTY-DISFIGUREMENT”

Beauty and Bands buti, bandz (, noam, and , hobhelm): The names given in Zec 11:7, Zec 11:14 to two symbolical staves, the first signifying Yahweh’s covenant of grace with the peoples, and the second representing the brotherhood of Judah and Israel. The breaking of the two staves is symbolic of the breaking of Yahweh’s … Continue reading “Beauty and Bands”

beauty Variously conceived and defined. One extreme regards beauty as an independent quality inherent in things; the other extreme, as entirely of the perceiving mind. The middle course includes both objective and subjective elements and a mutual correspondence. The beautiful is that which gives pleasure by its mere perception, involving an activity of sense, imagination, … Continue reading “Beauty”

Beautiful Gate, The One of the gates of Herod’s Temple. As it is mentioned only in Acts 3, its exact location is not perfectly clear. Scholars, however, are fairly agreed that it is the same as the Corinthian Gate of Josephus, so called because it was covered with Corinthian brass. This gate was situated on … Continue reading “Beautiful Gate, The”

Beautiful Gate See Temple and Door. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Beautiful Gate ( ), the name of one of the gates of the Temple (Act 3:2). It was the entrance to the Court of the Women, immediately opposite the Gate of Shushan, the eastern portal through the outer wall into Solomon’s Porch (see … Continue reading “Beautiful Gate”

Beautiful describes “that which is seasonable, produced at the right time,” as of the prime of life, or the time when anything is at its loveliest and best (from hora, “a season,” a period fixed by natural laws and revolutions, and so the best season of the year). It is used of the outward appearance … Continue reading “Beautiful”

Beauteville, Jean Louis Dubuisson De bishop of Alais, was born at Beauteville in 1708. In 1755 he was sent to the assembly of the clergy, where he ranged himself on the side of moderation. The mandate which he piublished in 1762 against the Recueil des Assertions gained for him a number of enemies, especially on … Continue reading “Beauteville, Jean Louis Dubuisson De”

Beauteous Light of God’s Eternal Majesty, The Hymn for respers on 29 June, feast of Saints Peter and Paul. It is attributed to Elpis, Boethius’s wife (died c.493 ). Including the original and the Roman Breviary texts, there are at least 12 translations; the English title given is by Monsignor C. Hall. Fuente: New Catholic … Continue reading “Beauteous Light of God’s Eternal Majesty, The”

Beausobre, Isaac De born at Niort, March 8th, 1653, of an ancient family, originally of Limousin. His parents were Protestants, and educated him at Saumur. In 1683 he was ordained minister at Chatillon-sur-Indre, in Touraine. The French government caused his church to be sealed up, and Beausobre was bold enough to break the seal, for … Continue reading “Beausobre, Isaac De”

Beausobre, Charles Louis De a French Protestant theologian, son of Isaac, was born at Dessau, March 24, 1690. In 1713 he was appointed preacher to the French congregation at Buchholz, near Berlin. In 1715 he accepted a call to Hamburg, but he soon returned to Berlin, where he died, March 10, 1753, as pastor of … Continue reading “Beausobre, Charles Louis De”